List of 3 items.

• Lower School

  Remote learning will be most varied in our Lower School. As you might imagine, there is a wide range of developmental readiness in this 9-level division, where independence is nascent even at the upper end. The difference between the capabilities of students in one grade level to the next cannot be under-estimated. Teachers know their students’ needs and are best able to address them with the latitude to shape remote learning activities to best match learning goals.
  
  

  In this division, the lower the level, the less remote learning will rest on technology. Activities in this division require more participation from parents. Our Lower School teachers will use Hawknet and email (mostly to parents, depending on level) to communicate information about assignments and scheduling. Students below grade 5 have not been using email nor had instruction to do so. We may start to gradually introduce email during our remote learning sessions for grades 3-4, but parents in these grades and below should expect that their own emails will be the primary means for teachers to communicate information to students.
  
  

  Synchronous activities may happen in smaller groups in this division. Some video conferencing will happen through Zoom but Google Meet may be used more often in this division, as some teachers see it as a better fit for their students.
  
  

  Grades 3-5 will have laptops from school. Grade 5 will continue to build on their work in Microsoft OneNote, which will be the primary platform for asynchronous activities. Our fifth graders are also familiar with using email. Below grade three, technology will be used less and may flow more through home devices. Parents with children below grade three who do not have home devices for tech-mediated activity should contact us. We can loan out iPads as needed, but we prefer home devices when possible because we cannot manage iPads at home to the same degree we can manage our school-loaned laptops. Please contact Bryan Wamsley bwams@hawken.edu if you would like to borrow an iPad from the school or if you have any other questions about remote learning in the Lower School.

• Middle School

  In the Middle School, students and teachers will primarily use Microsoft OneNote for asynchronous activities and Zoom for synchronous video conferencing with teachers, advisors and peers. Hawknet and email will be the primary sources of communication about assignments and class scheduling. Like in the Upper School, teachers may supplement these foundational tools with others that help to facilitate the learning goals of their classes. Questions about remote learning in the Middle School can be directed to Ryan Wooley: rwool@hawken.edu.

• Upper School

  Students and teachers at our Upper School will work primarily from Canvas, the familiar learning management system that has been in place there for the past four years. Each course has an asynchronous home base in Canvas. For synchronous activities, Upper School students will use mostly Zoom for video-conferencing sessions with teachers and classmates.
  
  Canvas and email will be the primary sources of information about assignments and class scheduling. Of course, teachers may supplement these foundational tools with others that help to facilitate the learning goals of their classes. OneNote, Google G Suite and a host of other tools will serve as extensions. Questions about online learning in the Upper School can be directed to Rennie Greenfield: rgree@hawken.edu.